Pirates! Gold windows edition

[Gamecube64]

I recently got Pirates! Gold but have had little success, the game didn't have the "Captain's Broadsheet" but it does have the manual. Any general tips for a novice sea dog like me, weapons to use, how to fight well, which ships should be easy pickings in the beggining, ect?

[Barinthus]

It's out already?

[Traianvs]

I think he means the old Pirates! games

[Gamecube64]

Yes I do indeed.

I fought a bunch of practice fights to come to the conclusion that I can use the rapier well but suck with the cutlass and long sword. I did manage to take a small Dutch boat out, I looted and sunk it. Though I have a feeling that I should have kept it for later because I was sunk, and found myself lost in Spanish territory (Who don't like to trade with me )

[Skanky Burns]

Keep ships and sell them if you can. Nice haul of gold, plus they let you store more stuff.

[Gamecube64]

Ok, thanks skanky.

Just got done reading the manual, I think part of my failure came from never attacking the Merchantmen. I had an idea in my head from a book I read that they would have a huge crew of soldiers onboard for protection, but the manual says they are peaceful and surrender after a few hits. Off to play!

[Barinthus]

Originally posted by Trajanus
I think he means the old Pirates! games

Aw bummer I did read somewhere the new version was supposed to come out this month. :shrug:

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by Barinthus


Aw bummer I did read somewhere the new version was supposed to come out this month. :shrug:

The new Pirates is scheduled to be released Nov 22, just about 1 week from now.

[Barinthus]

Thanks, Diplomat!

[DrSpike]

People are still playing the old game? I had hours of fun with it.

[child of Thor]

yep - one of the best I still play it on my amiga when i get that out.

With the sword fighting part - it really was just a matter of getting to know when to press the keys. You sort of had a lag time that had to be factored in as well - it doesnt respond straight away to your command, and the animation takes a few parts of a second to get through.

It makes it initialy quite challanging(so much so that often as a new player you would select 'fencing' as one of your skills at the begining of the game).
But your best bet is just to have as many fights as you can,use a game purely for that reason, and after a while you'll begin to work it out, and eventualy you will not want to waste your skill choice on fencing. You'll be happy to take on a huge warship with just a sloop and few dozen men

Sailing around the caribbean is tricky because of the wind directions, and that is doubly so if you have any square-rigger type ships in you fleet(anything bigger than a barque). So try to stick around a certain area of the map, avoid the south and west as much as you can untill you have established yourself and have enough money,men,ships and food to take on long journeys.

Build favour with anyone except the spanish, as they hold most of the towns and money you will be wanting to liberate for yourself or favourite other country, so its pointless in the long run being too interested in them as allies.

And good luck with finding your lost family members and buried treasure

oh yes if you want to be able to play for longer, take 'medecine/doctor'(you'll know which one i mean) as one of your skills as this will help you live longer to amass a bigger fortune.

[If the new 'Pirates' beats this game for the ammount of years entertainment it provides, i'll eat my parrot! ]

[Gamecube64]

Thanks for the advice.

I was playing and managed to capture 1 English barque, 1 English merchantman, and 1 dutch Merchantman. I gained a rank from the spanish. My ships were in bad shap of course, so I went to repair/sell

Spaniard: We do not do trade with pirates.
Me:

I managed to sail my ships to an english town, and was surprised they let me in. I sold the merchantmen and sloop, sold the goods I acquired, and repaired the barque. Then I left and forgot to save.

Oh well, I was doing better.